Ridgeway

 John Caliph Ridgeway was born in Hardin County (now Ohio County) 25 Jan 1814, the son of John C. Ridgeway, Sr. and Margaret Crume.  John left Ohio County about 1822 when his family moved to Iowa, and next moved to Indiana. John married Pennina (Pernina) Thorton 24 Dec 1836 in Schuyler, Illinois.  Their first child was born in Jefferson County, Iowa in 1837.  John and family moved to Tecumseh Township, Shawnee County, Kansas in April 1855 and stayed there until his death in 1888/89. Some researchers say he died in Iowa, so he might have moved to the residence of one of his children prior to his death. John and Pernina had seven children. Two of the boys, John Wesley and Loring E., died in Topeka, Kansas, on the same day in May, 1862, presumably during the Missouri-Kansas Conflict, which was a part of the Civil War. John Wesley fought for the Union Army with the 5^th Regiment of the Kansas Cavalry. Pernina died in 1875 in Kansas.